and in both standard and anamorphic widescreen aspect ratios. The film used the Sovcolor color film process. Sampo was the first Finnish film to feature surround sound, with four channels. The Day the Earth Froze The US version The Day the Earth Froze received 24 minutes of cuts, decreasing the 91 minute runtime to 67 minutes; its credits were heavily altered: the original credits were replaced with English language titles. For example, Ptushko was credited as 'Gregg Sebelious', Andris Oshin was listed as 'Jon Powers', and Eve Kivi was listed as 'Nina Anderson'. Deleted scenes include: Lemminkäinen confronting Louhi and her trolls, being escorted to the Sampo and standing in awe. While he is in awe of the Sampo's beauty he is murdered by a serpent bite and thrown into the sea. Lemminkäinen's mother searching for her son, asking a birch tree, the mountain path and the sun. She then walks across the sea to Pohjola and confronts Louhi, who tells her he has left his tribesmen behind. Lemminkäinen's mother refuses to believe this and Louhi reluctantly tells her the truth. Lemminkäinen's mother asks the gods for help and Lemminkäinen is washed up on the shore, she carries him back to Kalevala. Upon arrival Lemminkäinen's mother rubs soil into his lips and the birch tree gives her its sap, then the Sun glows brightly and Lemminkäinen is restored to life. Lemminkäinen's death and resuscitation by his mother. Home media The Finnish version has been released on DVD in 2014. It was restored by Finnish National Audiovisual Institute in 2014 to digital 4K format. In July 2022 this restoration was released on Blu-ray by the Deaf Crocodile video label. The Finnish edit has also been released on the Elonet service. The US version The Day the Earth Froze was released on DVD in 2004 by Retromedia in a double-feature with The Magic Voyage of Sinbad, the US version of Ptushko’s earlier fantasy epic Sadko. The Russian version has not been released on videotape or DVD. On January 1, 2021, Mosfilm released the Russian edit on their official YouTube channel. References External links 2014 restoration at Vimeo Finnish edit of Sampo at Elonet Russian edit of Sampo, official Mosfilm YouTube release Reviews Dave Sindelar review kiddiematinee.com review The Monster Shack review 1959 films 1950s fantasy adventure films 1950s multilingual films Soviet epic films Soviet fantasy adventure films Finnish fantasy adventure films Films